The Structural Bases of the Labor Movement Transformation Due to Technological Innovations

The transformation of the labor movement in the face of technological innovations is considered, describing the new post-Fordist model, or techno-economic paradigm, that has emerged from this transformation, drawing on secondary data. Four stages are presented: the fixing of the wage table & consumption, & the material & ecological surroundings according to the limits of the previous paradigm; the new technologies; the structural elements of the labor movement; & the union's view of the new technologies. A union response to technological innovation should include: development of a new worker culture; use of union organizational capacity to address contradictions emerging in the new paradigm; & decentralization of union life & activity. 2 Tables, 3 Graphs. Adapted from the source document.